Autonomic Nervous System

Question 1

divisions of autonomic nervous system

Answer 1

sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 2

somatic and autonomic are two division of what system

Answer 2

motor nervous system

Question 3

thoracolumbar is ________ outflow

Answer 3

sympathetic

Question 4

sympathetic system has _____ preganglionic fibres and _____ post ganglionic fibres

Answer 4

short pre and long post

Question 5

the sympathetic ganglia are located in the ______ ganglia

Answer 5

para and prevertebral ganglia (sympathetic chain)

Question 6

true/false oculomotor nerve has parasympathetic outflow

Answer 6

true - constrictor pupillae and ciliaris

Question 7

what is the parasympathetic action of the facial nerve

Answer 7

innervation to submandibular and sublingual glands, also the lacrimal gland

Question 8

glossopharyngeal nerve has parasympathetic innervation to what gland

Answer 8

parotid gland

Question 9

vagus nerves parasympathetic outflow

Answer 9

lots. trachea, bronchi, heart, GI tract

Question 10

which 4 cranial nerves have parasympathetic outflow

Answer 10

III, VII, IX and X

Question 11

which systems synapses between pre and post ganglion are cholinergic and nicotinic

Answer 11

both sympathetic AND parasympathetic

Question 12

end synapses of which system are ACh on muscarinic

Answer 12

parasympathetic

Question 13

parasympathetic outflow is ______

Answer 13

craniosacral

Question 14

end synapses of which system are NA on alpha or beta receptors

Answer 14

sympathetic

Question 15

acetylcholine acts on which two receptors

Answer 15

nicotinic and muscarinic

Question 16

NA and A act on which two receptors

Answer 16

alpha and beta

Question 17

which system has some postganglionic neurotransmitter release into blood

Answer 17

sympathetic

Question 18

sympathetic effect on venous constriction

Answer 18

increases vasoconstriction

Question 19

why does the sympathetic system cause vasodilation in some blood vessels

Answer 19

because they express B2 receptors (the ones found in the lungs that relaxes smooth muscle)
remember you can B2 relaxed

Question 20

sympathetic preganglionic neurotransmitter

Answer 20

ACh

Question 21

sympathetic postganglionic neurotransmitter

Answer 21

NA/A

Question 22

parasympathetic preganglionic neurotransmitter

Answer 22

ACh

Question 23

parasympathetic postganglionic neurotransmitter

Answer 23

ACh